Haiku

Once I learned haiku
I could not stop writing them
Oh how tiring

I wrote a haiku
I didn't especially like.
It is this poem.

Syllable counts

Once(1) I(2) learned(3) hai(4)ku(5)
I(1) could(2) not(3) stop(4) writ(5)ing(6) them(7)
Oh(1) how(2) ti(3)r(4)ing(5)

I(1) wrote(2) a(3) hai(4)ku(5)
I(1) did(2)n't(3) e(4)specia(5)lly(6) like(7)
It(1) is(2) this(3) po(4)em(5)

Syllable counts may vary by dialect (e.g., I think some people pronounce poem as one syllable and tiring as two)